How to Earn $100 a Day, $3,000 a Month, and $36,000 a Year

With 10 easy gigs you can repeat every day.

Many aspiring freelancers, side hustlers, and make money online enthusiasts consider $100 a day as a minimum earnings threshold when it comes to finding a gig that can generate a full-time income.

However, as a nearly 10-year veteran of the gig economy, I can tell you that it’s tough to consistently make $100 a day, every day, from just a single work from home job, online business, or side hustle.

That’s why, I recommend a simple strategy. Start with an easy goal — earning $10 a day. Then, find 10 ways you can consistently earn $10 a day. If you can do that, then you can make $100 a day, $3,000 a month, and $36,000 a year — the equivalent of a full-time income.

Here is a 10-step example of how you can put this simple strategy into practice.

1. Sell services on Fiverr: The freelancing platform is famous for its $5 gigs. (You can actually charge any price someone is willing to pay for your services.) If you can do two quick $5 gigs a day, or even one bigger $10 gig, then you have your first 10 bucks.
2. Take online surveys: Throughout much of my early freelancing career, I regularly relied upon paid surveys to supplement my income. Market research sites like InboxDollars and Swagbucks offer numerous surveys that make it easy to earn $10 a day.
3. Complete short tasks on Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk): I’ve earned thousands of dollars in extra income over the years completing shot and easy tasks on MTurk. While many of these micro jobs pay low, most take a very short amount of time to complete them. Therefore, it isn’t hard at all to make $10 a day from MTurk.
4. Do a little mystery shopping: Most secret shopper gigs don’t pay enough to make them a regular job. However, a lot of times you can earn a quick 10 bucks from a short retail assignment that usually takes just a few minutes. In addition to earning a fee, you will typically get reimbursed (up to a point) for your purchase.
5. Participate in short focus group studies: As mentioned, I love market research gigs. In addition to paid surveys, you can also make an easy $10 by participating in a focus group. These short studies usually involve chatting with a moderator and other members about a brand, product, or service.
6. Get paid to “judge” court cases: Lawyers want to know how prospective jurors will view their case. So, they often enlist the help of virtual jurors through sites like eJury. Even better, reviewing online cases typically pays more per gig than the other options on this list, which can help you reach your $100 daily earnings goal faster.
7. License your photographs on stock photo websites: This is one of many ways to generate some passive income each day. The more photos you have to sell on sites like Getty Images, the more likely you will be able to earn at least $10 a day from your photography.
8. Moonlight as a virtual assistant: Sites like Belay, Fancy Hands, and Magic VA Solutions offer numerous short gigs that allow you to earn $10 a day by completing quick administrative tasks remotely from home.
9. Complete online transcription gigs: If you love typing and you are really good at it, then transcribing audio files is yet another easy way to make $10 a day. In fact, my very first freelancing gig was with TranscribeMe. GMR Transcription and Rev are a couple of other transcription sites that often hire online transcribers.
10. Get paid to chat online: Finally, you can earn $10 a day by chatting with other users online. For example, dating sites and even platonic friend sites hire people to chat with their members. Typically, you are paid per message.

Now, I want to finish this article with a disclaimer. I’m not saying that you have to do all 10 of these types of gigs every day to make $100. They are just examples of how easy it’s to earn a quick 10 bucks. And they are easy to repeat on a daily basis. There’s a good chance you can hit your $100 daily earnings goal by doing just a handful of these gigs after you find out which ones are most lucrative for you.